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References to Book (Education for a Digital World [E4aDW], 2008 [aka: 1st edition])


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None of these is what I'd call a real review, most being simple announcements and a few containing a couple of quick comments. Has anyone unearthed any actual reviews? - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

Tony Bates:

  • Announces intention to add a review when he finishes reading the "tome", and suggests specific chapter listings in his Bibliography (Education for a Digital World; August 27, 2008)
    • [add deep links about here when found]
  • [Add actual review about here when found.]
  • Note: link to the book is inaccurate/out-of-date. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

Beats Bilionetz: Bucher
No review provided, just the official book blurb; link is accurate, but goes directly to the 516-page PDF. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

British Council - Teaching English
No review provided. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

CEDICT: Communication, Education and Development Using ICT
No review provided, just the official book blurb plus an earlier version of project blurb, along with a link to the relevant CoL page and direct links to book PDFs. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

Derek's Blog (Derek Wenmoth, Education for a digital world, July 1, 2008)
A very brief review. Link to book is incorrect, though I have left a comment with the correct one. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

EduHarsha Blog
A very brief review. Link to book project page is incorrect, but the PDFs for the complete book and all parts of the book seem to be hosted on the site. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

eLearning Library
No review provided, just the official book blurb; link was incorrect, but was promptly corrected at my request. - rickla rickla Aug 21, 2009

elearnspace
No review, just a brief mention of the scope of the book; link is incorrect, though I have left a comment with the correct one. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

ERIC
No review, just official blurb and detailed contents; link to Publisher's Web Site is incorrect. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

Institut National de Recherche Pedagogique
No review, just an abbreviated, French-language version of official blurb; link is incorrect. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

ICT in Education Online Community
No review provided, just the official book blurb. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

ICTD
No review provided, just the official book blurb. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

Nursing Infomatics
A brief introduction to the author's interest in the book is followed by the official blurb and an incorrect link. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

Shelfari
No reviews spotted. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

Scribd.com
  • Book has been uploaded for online reading - 562 "reads" as of 2009.07.30

Stephen's Web (Stephen Downes, Education for a Digital World, July 1, 2008)
  • Derek's and Stephen's reviews seem to reflect differences of opinion with regard to the learning outcomes presented at the beginning of each chapter [of the first edition]. Whereas Stephen's take calls them "a bit condescending," Derek's characterizes them as achievable course objectives. - ltdproject ltdproject Jun 15, 2009

TADO

UNESCO Bangkok
No review provided, just the official book blurb. - rickla rickla Aug 20, 2009

Webbed Feat
Personal view on the book and the process of creating it from Sylvia Currie; link is incorrect, though I have left a comment with the correct one.


References to Chapters